NEW YORK: Bold claims from the house of Bolden: NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan has said that they expect to find alien life within 20 to 30 years. It’s not just talk, either—they’ve got projects in the works to get the job done.
io9 reports that at a panel on the search for habitable exoplanets early this month, Stofan said, “I think we’re going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and I think we’re going to have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years.” That doesn’t mean we’ll find intelligent life, so we don’t have to worry that things are about to get all ID4.
But, finding even small living organisms anywhere that isn’t Earth would strongly suggest that it’s likely we’re not the only intelligent life in the universe. Stofan added, “We know where to look. We know how to look,” Stofan added. “In most cases we have the technology, and we’re on a path to implementing it. And so I think we’re definitely on the road.” She didn’t get too technical on where the 30-year timeline came from at the panel, but NASA does have a rather lengthy list of places they’re planning to look.
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